A safe diversion will be set up - pedestrians and cyclists will need to use the underpass near the Billy Mill junction to cross the Coast Road.

A spokesman for the council said: “The demolition work will be noisy and the council wishes to apologise to residents living nearby for any disruption and inconvenience caused to them over the weekend.”

The authority is also discouraging members of the public from travelling to the area around the bridge to witness the demolition, which is being carried out by contractors Sisk Lagan JV.

The spokesman added: “This is a major industrial site with heavy plant and machinery in use and there is no provision for safe viewing by sightseers.”

The Norham Road project is part of the third and final phase of the £7.2m A1058 Coast Road Improvement Scheme. The first two phases, involving Beach Road and Billy Mill junction, have finished.